Overview

This is the only report of its kind on the market and it provides an overview of the auction in a spreadsheet format that gives the industry observer a "score card" on each bidder for 700 MHz spectrum under the following criteria: (1) probable licenses sought by the bidder, (2) type of business of the bidder (telco, ISP, cellular, etc), and (3) bidder web site and FCC Registration Number. Over 200 bidders are covered !!

• Provides the only study on the market speculating on which licenses are sought by each of the more than 200 bidders
• Identifies where "there will be blood" in the bidding for licenses (expect significant competition for certain markets)
• Identifies who the bidders are in a brief, easy-to-use format

• While industry and media may be focused on a handful of national service providers, there are another 200 service providers competing for spectrum that can be used for a WiMAX triple and quadruple play.
• Competition for even the most remote rural licenses may be fierce as local, regional and national service providers grab "the last of the beach front property" that can be used for 4G wireless networks that can enable service providers to offer triple and quadruple play services on one network

• Industry analysts
• Investment community
• Bidders tracking other bidders
• Vendors
  

Frank Ohrtman has almost 20 years experience in VoIP and wireless applications. He is the president of WMX Systems, LLC, a Denver, Colorado-based consulting and systems integration firm. Mr. Ohrtman learned to perform in-depth research and write succinct analyses during his years as a Navy Intelligence Officer (1981-1991) during which he specialized in electronic intelligence and electronic warfare. He is a veteran of U.S. Navy actions in Lebanon (awarded Navy Expeditionary Medal), Grenada, Libya (awarded Joint Service Commendation Medal), and the Gulf War (awarded National Defense Service Medal).

His telecommunications career began with selling VoIP gateway switches for Netrix Corporation to long distance bypass carriers. He went on to promote softswitch solutions for Lucent Technologies (Qwest Account Manager) and Vsys (Western Region Sales Manager). His consulting clients include national governments and tier one telephone companies.

Mr. Ohrtman is a Gerson Lehrman Group Scholar (http://www.glgcouncils.com) and serves as Dean of WiMAX for Applied Learning Solutions (http://www.e-als.com). He is a regular blogger and contributor to WiMAX.com (http://www.wimax.com) and annual presenter at WiMAX World (http://www.wimaxworld.com) as well as local Cisco Users Groups. Mr. Ohrtman serves as an advisor to Bush Telecommunications Pty Ltd and the Rural Broadband Consortium of Australia.

Mr. Ohrtman holds a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications from Colorado University College of Engineering (master's thesis: "Softswitch As Class 4 Replacement-A Disruptive Technology"), a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, from University of Iowa

Frank may be reached at Frank@MindCommerce.com